Shui Mochan smiled faintly. Lin Chuan truly had the right to say such things now. With his Five Elements complete, he should fear no one within the Void Refinement stage.
"However, there is one thing you need to watch out for. The people who appeared around the Maha Clan ruins are not from the imperial family, but from Prince Gong, one of Central River's Nine Great Princes," Shui Mochan said softly.
"Prince Gong?" Lin Chuan frowned slightly. He was not very familiar with the princes of the Central River Imperial Family. The only one he knew was Zhongchuan Yue, Prince Yue. But judging by their titles, Zhongchuan Yue seemed to be more than a level below this Prince Gong.
"The Central River Imperial Family nominally rules the entire continent, but no matter how powerful it is, it cannot extend its reach into every corner of Central River Continent. Thus, it continuously dispatches members of the imperial family to the various great regions. Nine princes guard the nine directions of Central River, holding hereditary titles. That is the origin of Central River's Nine Great Princes," Xiao Heng explained.
"Is there anything special about them?" Lin Chuan asked.
Since those nine princes could inherit their positions and served as Central River's strongest arms, they had to possess something exceptional. Otherwise, the other princes would never accept it.
"What is special is that the Nine Great Princes each control a Nine Emperor Cauldron," Bu Lianshi said softly. Most people born in Central River knew about this, aside from people like Lin Chuan, who had barely come into contact with the cultivation world while growing up.
"The Nine Emperor Cauldron? The immortal artifact controlled by the Central River Imperial Family?" Lin Chuan's eyes flickered slightly. He knew about that. "But shouldn't that immortal artifact